Moon and Eclipses Review

When the Earth is located between the sun and the moon, what may occur?

• Winter

• Solar eclipse

• Full moon

• Lunar eclipse

Four students were discussing why solar eclipses don't happen every time the moon finishes its cycle. Which student gives the best explanation?

• Sasha says, "The moon sometimes orbits from North to South, so it doesn't always pass between the Sun and Earth.

• John says, "The moon's orbit is on an angle and moves, so the shadow is sometimes above and sometimes below the Earth."

• Carol says, "THe moon's orbit is irregular, so eclipses can't be predicted."

• Jalyen says, "The moon is not always eclipsed, so it only happens about 5 times per year."

When the moon is fully illuminated by the sun, that phase is

• Gibbous Moon

• Full moon

• New moon

• Quarter moon

The moon produces its own light and heat.

• True

• False

Space objects leave craters on the Moon's surface because

• the Moon has no atmosphere.

• the gases surrounding the Moon are not hot enough to burn them up like Earth's gases do.

• the objects move too fast for the Moon's atmosphere to affect them.

The _______________ is Earth's only natural satellite.

What causes us to see different phases of the moon?

• The large size of the moon compared to the sun.

• THe bright light created by the moon.

• The movement of the moon around the Earth

• The orbit of the moon around the sun.

During a lunar eclipse, the moon is in which phase?

• New moon

• Quater moon

• Full moon

• Third quarter moon

When the Moon is located between the Sun and Earth what may occur?

• Lunar eclipse

• Full moon

• Solar eclipse

• Summer

A lunar eclipse

• happens when the Earth blocks some or all of the sun's light from reaching the moon.

• happens when the moon's light is blocked from reaching Earth by the sun.

• happens when the moon is farthest from the Earth.

• happens when the moon doesn't reflect any of the sun's light back to the Earth.